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Gallery: Plowing the Sun Road

Crews clear Going-to-the-Sun Road of snow and rockfall in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D'Antuono | Flathead Beacon

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An excavator claws at a wall of snow on Logan Pass as crews plow Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Clements Mountain towers over a plowed section of Going-to-the-Sun Road on Logan Pass in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A bulldozer scrapes snow off a buried section of Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Equipment operator Christian Tranel hops down from a bulldozer on Logan Pass as crews plow Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A Logan Pass Visitor Center sign along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The Logan Pass Visitor Center in Glacier National Park is partially buried in snow on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
An excavator takes chunks out of a wall of snow on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Snow melts along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Rockfall smashed through the asphalt on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A robin takes off from the top of a tree on Logan Pass along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Roads Supervisor Brian Paul interviews with reporters on Logan Pass as crews plow Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The moon hangs in the sky over Logan Pass in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Birds alight on a tree on Logan Pass in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Chains on a snowplow in the Logan Pass Visitor Center parking lot along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Clements Mountain towers over the snow-covered Hidden Lake trailhead on Logan Pas in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The cab of a bulldozer on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Snow builds up in the treads of a bulldozer as crews plow Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on June 2, 2021. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

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